Record ID: YORYM-E96A80 - IRON AGE button and loop fastener

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BUTTON AND LOOP FASTENER

Unique ID: YORYM-E96A80

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Iron Age to Roman : Button and loop fastener

A Roman copper-alloy button-and-loop fastener. This example does not easily fit into one of Wild’s classifications. The button element of the fastener is formed from a square plate, decorated with an incised groove, which runs around the edge. There is a raised cross in the centre, with four sunken cells. This would have been enamelled but the enamal does not survive. Attached to the reverse of the plate are two plate lugs, one is broken. These are pierced to hold a pin or ring fitting. Wild suggests that button-and-loop fastener are more likely to be Roman in date than Iron Age, possibly dating from circa AD 150 – 260. The metal is a light greyish-green colour and slightly pitted.

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Period to: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 50 BC
Date to: Circa AD 260

Dimensions and weight

Length: 24.5 mm
Width: 13.9 mm
Weight: 5.2 g
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Cast [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: North Yorkshire
District: Ryedale
To be known as: Thornton-le-Dale

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st February 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]

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